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LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, RYAN WALSH
22NEWS.
THERE IS A NEW CASINO DEVELOPER
WITH AN EYE ON MASSACHUSETTS,
BUT IT WON'T SAY WHERE.
22 NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
CHRISTINE LEE IS LIVE AT THE
STATE HOUSE TO TELL US ABOUT
THIS COMPANY.
A CHICAGO COMPANY PLANS TO MEET
WITH THE GAMING COMMISSION NEXT
WEEK. THOUGH THEY'RE KEEPING
QUIET ON WHERE THEY WANT TO
DEVELOP IN MASACHUSETTS,
COMMISSIONERS ARE HAPPY ABOUT
THE NEW COMPETITION.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE WHO HAD
A CORPORATE NAME WE COULDN'T
IDENTIFY, IT WAS A NEW NAME.
MASSACHUSETTS GAMING
COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN STEPHEN
CROSBY LET SLIP THAT THERE'S A
NEW PLAYER AT THE TABLE
INTERESTED IN COMPETING FOR A
MASSACHUSETTS CASINO LICENSE.
RUSH STREET GAMING OF CHICAGO
PLANS TO MEET WITH THE
COMMISSION NEXT WEEK TO TALK
ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
COMMISSIONERS ARE WELCOMING IN
THE NEW COMPETITION.
: COMPETITION IS TERRIFIC.
COMPETITION AS CHARIMAN CROSBY
HAS SAID FROM THE OUTSET AND AS
WE ALL BELIEVE IS REALLY HOW
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST
VALUE OUT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
THE CHICAGO DEVELOPER HASN'T
SAID WHERE IN MASSACHUSETTS
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BIDDING
FOR A LICENSE. SO FAR WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS HAS GARNERED 4
SOLID PROPOSALS, SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS IS WAITING ON A
TRIBAL CASINO DEAL AND BOSTON
HAS ONLY ONE PROPOSAL.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
COMPETITION IN THE WESTERN
REGION, WE'VE ACTIVELY
ENCOURAGED COMPETITION AT LEAST
IN THE BOSTON AREA, BUT WE'RE
HAPPY TO SEE THE ACTIVITY IN
WESTERN MASS. WE THINK THAT
GENERATES GOOD PROPOSALS, SOLID
PROPOSALS. ALTOGETHER 6 CASINO
DEVELOPERS WERE SCHEDULED TO
HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH
THE COMMISSION LAST WEEK. THEY
WERE CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE
SANDY. THE COMMISSION HAS
RESCHEDULED THE MEETINGS FOR
TUESDAY.
AT THESE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS
BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND
CASINO DEVELOPERS, THEY WILL
WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON WHICH
COMPANY OFFICIALS WILL REQUIRE
BACKGROUND CHECKS IN THE CASINO
LICENSEE APPLICATION PROCESS.